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Haze Alexander

Amanda and Eric have chosen the name Haze Alexander for their beautiful new son born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

5:18 p.m.
Monday, October 19, 2009
20 1/2 inches
8 pounds, 3.7 ounces
Origin of the name Haze: English
Name's original meaning: "Hazelnut tree; commanding authority"

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1931 - John Le Carre - Popular English author of realistic spy novels including "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "The Russia House" and others.
1885 - Charles E. Merrill - American financier who guided his company through a series of mergers that resulted in giant stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch.
1810 - Cassius Marcellus Clay - American politician and newspaper publisher and antislavery leader despite being raised the son of a slaveowner.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1941 - Inventor Palmer Putnam helped shine the light on alternate forms of energy production as his wind turbine to generate electricity was set in motion at Grandpa's Knob, Vermont.
1781 - British General Cornwallis surrendered his army to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, effectively ending the American War of Independence.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,504,307

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:7:27 a.m.
Sunset:6:12 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
69° F
The Dalles low:
46° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 103° at Laredo, Texas
Low: 8 at Northway, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,995.91

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.85
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00